2019-20 Acadia Swimming News
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By John DeCoste ‘77 0 Dean Sangster came to Acadia last September as one of the program's top recruits, but it’s a good bet not many expected him to be this good this soon.
HALIFAX, N.S. - Atlantic University Sport announced the Subway Athletes of the Week today and Swimming's Brett Liem was selected as the Male Athlete of the Week for this past weekend's performance at the AUS Championships.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. - At the end of the third and final day of the 2020 Subway AUS Swimming Championships, presented by Keep It Social, the Dalhousie women’s team won their 19th straight AUS championship title while the Acadia Axemen earned their first championship title in 38 years, snapping a winning streak by the men's Tigers of 21 seasons.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. Dalhousie swimmers found themselves atop of the podium in seven of the 14 events at the end of day two of the 2020 Subway AUS Swimming Championships presented by Keep it Social. However, Acadia won five events and look to break Dalhousie's 21-year grip of the Men's Championship, while UNB and Mount Allison each won one event.
(HALIFAX, N.S.) Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2019-20 AUS swimming major award winners as selected by the conference’s head coaches and Acadia's Dean Sangster was named the Rookie of the Year. Head Coach Gary MacDonald was named the Male Swimming Coach of the Year.
HALIFAX, N.S. - After the first session of the AUS swimming championship hosted by Dalhousie, the Axemen find themselves comfortably in front of the reigning champion Dalhousie Tigers, while the Axewomen sit in a close second to the Tigers.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Acadia swim team pulled off their second combined result win this year today and also won the men’s results at the Acadia Invitational swim meet.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The last AUS meet of the regular season kicked off today at Acadia with its first and only session of the day resulting in an Acadia lead in the combined score and men’s results.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – While the Axemens swim team didn’t finish first overall for the third meet in a row, the did finish second to RSEQ powerhouse McGill who attended this year’s Kemp-Fry meet hosted by Dalhousie.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – The Acadia Swim team captured the overall combined women’s and men’s scores to win their second meet in a row in the early stages of the AUS season at the Jack Scholz Memorial Meet.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Session one of the Jack Scholz swim meet was nothing but fast and furious as the host Acadia Axemen and Axewomen hoped to challenge the visiting Dalhousie Tigers, Mount Allison Mounties and UNB Reds.
FREDERICTON, N.B. – The Acadia swim team finished second in combined overall team standings at the opening meet of the 2019-20 AUS swim season in Fredericton, N.B. this past weekend.
WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia swimming head coach Gary MacDonald is pleased to announce this year’s incoming class of freshmen and freshwomen.